As a newbie freelance writer, your currency will be time so be liberal with it and keep hustling. “In short, decide what to write about, gather samples, figure out how you want to display your portfolio, source jobs to pitch, and pitch like mad until you land some work,” encourages Gina.

Just had to offer this one as well. Mostly it's having the ability to answer the phone as my mom would say, "Like you got some sense". Doing this type of online service you are interacting with the general public on behalf of some company. Therefore, you have to act like you are in their building somewhere sitting at their desk. That's why most services like this want you to have a quiet spot to do your work.

Well, it's time to tackle the big elephant in the room. When it comes to working from home the number one or two business that people think of is MLM (Multi Level Marketing), Network Marketing, Direct Sales or whatever you want to call it these days.